Gaetano Posterino

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Gaetano Posterino (born April 15, 1974 in Cosenza ) is an Italian dancer , choreographer and dance director for ballet , dance theater , film and opera .

Life

At the age of 6, Posterino began his dance training in Cosenza (Italy). Equipped with a scholarship, he graduated from the National Ballet School of Canada in Toronto from 1985 to 1989.

Immediately after completing his training, he was hired in Italy for The Micha Van Hoecke Dance, Balletto di Toscana Florence and the National Opera House in Catania . Gaetano Posterino then danced as a soloist in ballet companies in Argentina, USA, Great Britain, Switzerland, Denmark, Italy and Germany. Important stages in his career as a soloist and principal soloist in the years up to 2000 were the ballet of the Teatro San Martin, the San Francisco Ballet , the English National Ballet and Birmingham Royal Ballet, the Lucerne Ballet, the Ventura Dance Company and the Peter Schaufuss Ballet . Boris Trailine engaged him in 2001 as Stars of the XXI Century at the Roman Theater in Verona, followed by a worldwide tour. In 2000, Ben van Cauwenbergh brought him to the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden as principal soloist , where he stayed until 2008.

He was in over 100 countries as a dancer a. a. in choreographies by Oscar Araiz, Tarek Assam , George Balanchine , Patrice Bart , Ben Van Cauwenbergh , Nils Christe, Derek Daine, Mats Ek , Antonio Gomez, Jiří Kylián , Enrico C. Musmeci, Marius Petipa , Inbal Pinto, Peter Schaufuss , James Sutherland , Stephan Thoss , Helgi Tómasson , Boris Trailine, Pablo Ventura, Richard Wherlock and Ed Wubbe can be seen on stage.

Posterino has been a choreographer for ballet, dance theater, film and opera since 1995. Parallel to his career as a dancer, he worked as an artistic director , choreographer and ballet master for numerous ballet companies, theaters and dance festivals . He worked on guest choreographies with u. a. for the Hessian State Ballet at the Wiesbaden International May Festival from 2001 to 2004 as well as for the Ballet Istanbul, the Ballet de Santiago de Chile, the Lucerne Ballet, the Pennsylvania Ballet, or the Ballet of the Mainfranken-Theater Würzburg.

In 2001 Achim Thorwald, then director (1996–2002) of the Hessian State Theater Wiesbaden appointed him resident choreographer. Numerous new creations for and with the Hessian State Ballet, including full-length works such as Armide , Carmen , Carmina Burana , Coppélia , Sleeping Beauty , Platée or Romeo and Juliet , were created there, continued during Manfred Beilharz's directorship in the years up to 2007 .

Also in 2004 he began his engagement as artistic director and main choreographer at the International Dance Theater Reutlingen, where he created numerous new ballet and dance theater creations until 2011 and established the Internationales Tanztheater I-XI series .

From 2008 to 2011, Gaetano created Posterino as resident choreographer while Robert Conn was conducting ballet for Ballet Augsburg at Theater Augsburg . In addition to ViceVersa, the staging of his Stravinsky trilogy with Les Noces , The Soldier's Story and Pulcinella as well as his choreography for The Land of Smiles received particular attention .

In other engagements, co-productions, guest choreographies and with his Posterino Dance Company, he makes guest appearances as a freelance choreographer in Europe and worldwide. His more than 60 choreographies have so far been shown on over 50 stages in 16 countries. This also includes four productions by the Schwanda opera , the Bagpiper , which he choreographed in 2012, 2014 and 2016 for the Semperoper Dresden and in 2014 for the Teatro Massimo Palermo under the direction of Axel Köhler .

In 2017 he and his Posterino Dance Company became a partner of the multi-year, nationwide program Tanzland , funded by the Dachverband Tanz Deutschland with funds from the German Federal Cultural Foundation.

In promoting young talent, he regularly engages young dancers for productions by his Posterino Dance Company.

Posterinos style mixes classical ballet with contemporary elements and modern dance theater. Critics characterize it with descriptions such as "360 degrees, which its compass provides" or "movement language medley".

honors and awards

For choreographic works:

  • 2011: Choice of the production Schwanda, the bagpiper for the rediscovery of 2011/2012 by the magazine Opernwelt .
  • 2007: ÖTR Contest, Vienna, second prize for "Time Lock"
  • 2006: USA International Ballet Competition, Jackson, second prize for "Vivaldi"
  • 2006: International Ballet Competition, Varna, second prize for "Zone"
  • 2005: Helsinki International Ballet Competition, Helsinki, first prize for "Time Lock"

As a ballet dancer:

  • 2002: Balletto 2000 Prize (Dance Magazine) as one of Italy's most active dancers in Europe
  • 1999: “Laudation” from Queen Margrethe II of Denmark for his artistic achievement in The man of the past by Peter Schaufuss
  • 1991: Silver medal at the International Ballet Competition, Varna / Bulgaria
  • 1990: First prize at the Primo Concorso Nazionale di Danza Rieti / Italy
  • 1990: First prize and audience prize at the Concorso Benetton Treviso / Italy
  • 1990: Gold medal at the International Dance Competition Dom Perignon Brussels / Belgium

Choreographies

Chronological list with year, title, ensemble and location of the premiere:

  • 1995: Against myself (Lucerne Ballet, Port Louis)
  • 1999: Frames (Ballet Istanbul, Istanbul)
  • 2001: Carmina Burana (Ensemble Hessisches Staatstheater, Wiesbaden, director: Stefan Huber (director) )
  • 2001: Platée (Ensemble Hessisches Staatstheater, Wiesbaden, director: John Dew )
  • 2001: Wild Things (Posterino Dance Company, Aarhus)
  • 2002: The Mime - Homage to Charlie Chaplin (Posterino Dance Company, Wiesbaden)
  • 2002: Moods of a Faun (Posterino Dance Company, Wiesbaden)
  • 2002: Cinderella (Hessian State Ballet, Wiesbaden)
  • 2002: Carmen (Hessian State Ballet, Darmstadt)
  • 2003: Operalectric (Posterino Dance Company, Wiesbaden)
  • 2003: Icarus (Posterino Dance Company, Lucerne)
  • 2003: Armide (Ensemble Hessisches Staatstheater, Wiesbaden, directors: Inbal Pinto, Avshalom Pollak)
  • 2003: Mobile è la Luna (Hessian State Ballet, Wiesbaden)
  • 2004: Hemera (Lucerne)
  • 2004: Romeo and Juliet (Hessisches Staatsballett, Heilbronn)
  • 2004: Vertigo (Posterino Dance Company, Reutlingen)
  • 2004: Metamorphosis (Hessisches Staatsballett, Wiesbaden)
  • 2005: Just at home (Posterino Dance Company, Giessen)
  • 2005: Time Lock (Hessisches Staatsballett, Wiesbaden)
  • 2005: The Swan (Hessisches Staatsballett, Wiesbaden)
  • 2005: Sleeping Beauty (Hessian State Ballet, Wiesbaden)
  • 2006: Bach Sonata (Hessisches Staatsballett, Wiesbaden)
  • 2006: Gina goes out ... (Hessisches Staatsballett, Wiesbaden)
  • 2006: Coppélia (Hessian State Ballet, Wiesbaden)
  • 2006: Zone (Posterino Dance Company, Reutlingen)
  • 2006: Vivaldi (Hessian State Ballet, Wiesbaden)
  • 2007: Because I need you (Posterino Dance Company, Reutlingen)
  • 2008: A stranger everywhere (Posterino Dance Company, Reutlingen)
  • 2008: ViceVersa (Ballet State Theater Augsburg, Augsburg)
  • 2008: The Maids (theater ensemble Die Tonne, Reutlingen, director: Enrico Urbanek)
  • 2008: For a smoke (inclusion theater group BAFF, Reutlingen)
  • 2008: Atmo (Choreographers Forum, Reutlingen)
  • 2009: Homage to Pina (Posterino Dance Company, Reutlingen)
  • 2009: Gravity in space (Posterino Dance Company, Wiesbaden)
  • 2009: The Land of Smiles (Ensemble Staatstheater Augsburg, Augsburg, director: Axel Köhler (singer) )
  • 2010: Sphere (Posterino Dance Company, Wiesbaden)
  • 2010: Rhapsody in Blue (Ballet Staatstheater Augsburg, Augsburg)
  • 2010: Les Noces (Ballet State Theater Augsburg, Augsburg)
  • 2010: Story of the Soldier (Ballet Staatstheater Augsburg, Augsburg)
  • 2010: Olymp Express (inclusion ensemble SZ Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe)
  • 2010: Pulcinella (Ballet State Theater Augsburg, Augsburg)
  • 2011: Just like that (Posterino Dance Company, Reutlingen)
  • 2011: From dark to light (Ballet Mainfranken-Theater Würzburg, Würzburg)
  • 2012: Schwanda, the bagpiper (Ensemble Semperoper, Dresden, director: Axel Köhler (singer) )
  • 2012: The Soldier (Posterino Dance Company, Wiesbaden)
  • 2015: Enemy in the Figure (Posterino Dance Company, Wiesbaden)
  • 2015: Novilunio - From Dark to Light (BMICA Company, Munich)
  • 2016: Through Pina's Eyes (Posterino Dance Company, Wiesbaden)
  • 2016: Nell 'Aria (BMICA Company, Munich)
  • 2017: Love me if you can! (Posterino Dance Company, Munich)
  • 2017: Silver of a Sky (BMICA Company, Bozen)
  • 2018: Bach for One (BMICA Company, Munich)
  • 2018: Breathing Spaces (BMICA Company, Munich)
  • 2019: Time Lapse (Posterino Dance Company, Cosenza)
  • 2019: Mondo Paradiso (Posterino Dance Company, Munich)
  • 2019: Pink and Blue (Posterino Dance Company, Munich)
  • 2019: Parad-ox (Posterino Dance Company, Munich-Pullach)
  • 2019: The Gray Area (Arteballetto, Catania)
  • 2019: What if (Posterino Dance Company, Munich)
  • 2019: Between Heaven and You (Posterino Dance Company, Munich)

Filmography

Chronological list with year, title and location or medium of the first broadcast:

  • 2008: Calabria (Kulturforum Wiesbaden)
  • 2017: Alienation (University of Television and Film Munich)
  • 2018: Chronos (ARD Das Erste)
  • 2018: Four Choreography Moods (ARD Das Erste)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A whirling goblin from Sicily , Rhein-Main-Presse, February 27, 2001
  2. ↑ Paolo Puccinelli: Estate Teatrale: Grance sucesso al Teatro Romano per il Gala << Stelle del XXI Secolo >> via Lucia Lacarra, Gaetano Posterino u. a., L'Arena / Spettacoli, July 2001
  3. ↑ Birgit Emnet: Kobold, Faun and Choreographer , Wiesbadener Kurier, August 27, 2005
  4. ↑ Aalen News, Dance, Movement and Emotion , August 22, 2018
  5. ↑ Quoted from Vesna Mlakar: Im Staubsaugerwalzer , Abendzeitung München, 27./28. April 2019, page 26
  6. ↑ SUR KulturPpolitik , issue 8, February / March 2010, page 60
  7. ↑ Birgit Müller-Bardorff, Ballet am Theater Augsburg: The Devil Makes Big Jumps , Augsburger Allgemeine, February 7, 2010, last accessed on May 13, 2019
  8. ↑ Rüdiger Heinze, Lisa loses her heart to a prince , Augsburger Allgemeine, June 28, 2009, last accessed on May 25, 2019
  9. ^ Website Gaetano Posterino , last accessed on April 30, 2019
  10. ↑ RAI5, Švanda Dudák , last downloaded 6 May 2018
  11. ^ Der Theaterverlag, Tanzland Fund , last accessed on May 20, 2019
  12. ^ Bayerisches Fernsehen, Tanz der Talente , last accessed on January 3, 2019
  13. ↑ Sabine Leucht: Bent wings , Süddeutsche Zeitung, April 29, 2019
  14. ^ Vesna Mlakar: In the vacuum cleaner waltz , Abendzeitung Munich, 27./28. April 2019, page 26
  15. ↑ Quoted from Birgit Müller-Bardorff: A choreographer and three times Stravinsky , Augsburger Allgemeine, February 5, 2010
  16. ↑ Quoted from Sabine Leucht: Bent wings , Süddeutsche Zeitung, April 28, 2019
  17. ↑ Kick, crisis, hangover or: What remains of 2011/2012 . Opera World Yearbook 2011/2011
  18. ^ A whirling goblin from Sicily , Rhein-Main-Presse, February 22, 2001
  19. ↑ ARD First German Television, Extra: Dance film “Chronos” - how much time do you have left? , last accessed on May 25, 2019
  20. ^ ARD First German Television, The making of Tanzen für die Wissenschaft , last accessed on August 17, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Posterino, Gaetano
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian dancer, choreographer and dance director for ballet, dance theater and opera
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Cosenza